Though theres no doubt that the Jim twins are alike in multiple ways, one brother has since diverged from the shared lifestyle. Day Two in the house was basically a detail by detail unpacking of what was different about each twin. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. His father then decided 'Jimmy' was a better first name for the rising comic and he began appearing under that name from 1947. B B the C gull. In 1985 he married Pamela Donald and the following year twins were born. They were magnificent, glamorous affairs full of great comedy, and lively singing and dancing. Logan even set up a mobile ticket office that went round the schemes. His family, in the 1930s and 1940s, toured the small music halls of Scotland and Northern Ireland and ran seasons at the Metropole, Glasgow and in the Theatre, Paisley, where Logan became house manager for the family. We havent seen or heard anything from Greg and David in years. It was formed at a meeting in Edinburgh in around September 1953 when Alex McCrindle, the first Scottish organiser, was formally introduced. Shortly after joining the organisation he was able to afford a ten-room house in Dowanhill in the west end of Glasgow for 1,500; he bought a Rolls-Royce with the registration plate 'JL10', which he employed a chauffeur to drive; and purchased a second-hand twin-engined Miles Gemini plane for 2,000 which he flew himself.[13]. There's even less of a trace of David online. Apparently the Logan twins have put their life-in-the-limelight days behind them, and are living very under the radar lives. In 2012, his brother alluded in an interview that his twin was running a Gold Coast based plumbing company that dealt with mining contracts. and purchased a second-hand twin-engined Miles Gemini plane for 2,000 which he flew himself. Between 1979 and 1999, the team studied 137 pairs of twins, including the Jim twins, that had been reared apart from each other. Was a major coup. In the winter of 1955 Logan starred in the first Howard & Wyndham pantomime at the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow, which the company had just bought. He was named James by his adoptive parents and had a dog named Toy. Play. He leased a wing of Culzean Castle that had just been restored, with 16 rooms and four bathrooms, playing around 2,000 a year. Dramatic scenes unfolded as the girls gathered around the firepit and Claudia Fogarty attempted to clear the air by saying the girls were 'meant to stick together'. The body of Kyle Sambrook and his beagle Bane were found in Glencoe on Saturday following a three-day search. 13 April 2001 (aged 73) Jimmy Logan, (4 April 1928 - 13 April 2001), born James Short in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland was an Entertainer, theatre owner, producer, director, and actor. It was quite a disappointment when the pantomime was able to recommence. Written by Stan Mars, it featured Ian Sadler, Joan Mann, Stan Mars, Gerard Slevin and Leslie Robertson, along with the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra (conductor, Jack Leon). Slavery plaque on Scots memorial could go after plan approved for its removal. Something went wrong, please try again later. Lohan soared to stardom after her performances as twins Hallie Parker and Annie James, who were separated as babies, then met at summer camp more than a decade later. Jimmy toured the world and became a highly paid entertainer with a lifestyle to match. It had been a big hit in Belfast where it had run at the Ulster Theatre since September 1960, and Logan thought that it might transfer well to Scotland, so in April 1961 he took it on tour for two weeks at His Majesty's, Aberdeen, and the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, with himself in the starring role his first stage part in a play. "It goes on all night. But for many, Jimmy will be best remembered as a panto star. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. He leaves two children, 15-year-old twins Robert and Annabel. How do we create a person's profile? The comedian, actor and impresario Jimmy Logan, who has died of cancer aged 74, was a legend, one of the first Scots entertainers to make the transition to television stardom in the 1950s, and a quietly intelligent performer who was ahead of his time. Opened on 26 May 1976. [1] His aunt, from whom he took his stage surname, was Broadway performer Ella Logan. A pair of identical twins (not the Jim Twins). Between 1979 and 1999, the team studied 137 pairs of twins, including the Jim twins, that had been reared apart from each other. At the age of 12 or 13 possibly around 1955 Connolly saw Logan on stage in Five Past Eight at Glasgow's Alhambra Theatre and cites him as the inspiration behind his decision to become a comedian: On the fateful night at the Alhambra, among other hysterically funny things, Jimmy came on dressed as a Glasgow coalman, trousers tied nicky-tan style below the knee, with big leather back protector over his shoulders and sang in my accent yes, my Glasgow accent! Then, read about the Hilton sisters, conjoined twins who made a life for themselves as part of a freak show. He was in pantomime by 1944, playing the cat in Dick Whittington and His Cat, and soon became a comedy star with BBC Scotland. One play Cree wrote for Young was Wedding Fever, which centred on the wedding of a daughter and a son, one from a Catholic family, the other from a Protestant one. Jimmy set up the Jimmy Logan for Cancer Trust to deal with the 30,000 raised by the occasion. In 1964 Logan bought the New Metropole Theatre at St George's Cross, Glasgow for 80,000 (not to be confused with the original Metropole Theatre in Stockwell Street which burned down in 1961) and renamed it 'Jimmy Logan's Metropole Theatre'. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. [7] Logan collected Lauder memorabilia, which is now housed in the Scottish Theatre Archive at the University of Glasgow. They also starred in the long-running Five Past Eight show at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow. THE widow of Scottish showbiz legend Jimmy Logan died yesterday. He was initiated into the Lodge Anima No.1223 on 17th October 1948. But for many, Jimmy will be best remembered as a panto star. One of his last major dramatic roles was something of a tribute from an old admirer, appearing alongside Billy Connolly in Anthony Neilson's The Debt Collector (1998). He then married Angela on 30 July 1993. WATCH/LISTEN: ON THIS STORY: BBC Scotland's Forbes McFall reports "Jimmy Logan . Based in Glasgow, he was one of five children of a famous family. Being centred in the south or north of England, most of their references left me bewildered. Too young to go with them, James and his siblings moved to Gourock to stay with their mother's sister, Aunt Jean, and her husband Uncle Bert Lawton. His sister Heather married a Catholic and became one herself. Gunshots caught on chilling doorbell footage in Greenock street after dad 'shot dead'. Once again I had produced a catchphrase that seemed to capture the heart of a nation. He was an assistant manager at 15, tackled juvenile leads and landed his own show at the Metropole Theatre Glasgow at 19. His Scottish Teddy Boy act which had gone down well on Five Past Eight proved to be a great success with an English audience "and I can only say there were no bad nights".[15]. His other catchphrase was "Smashing' in't it". When she had gone to a judge to get her adoption paperwork finalized, she had overheard someone mention that the other baby had also been named James. He wanted to concentrate on the glamour and the spectacle of the show, the emphasis on dancers in tails rather than the rather low-brow humour of Logan's act. His parents, Jack Short and May Dalziel, were a Glasgow music-hall double act. If all you know of WWE is what you see on Total Divas, Jimmy Uso is a loving, kind-hearted husband with a heart of gold. There were also plaudits for his television performances. Crawford believed the quality that had taken Logan to the top was his charm: I must admit that I have seen consistently funnier comedians on the Scottish stage than Jimmy not many, but a few. Aldi launches tasty Easter treat 2 cheaper than high street equivalent. The latest incarnation of The Jimmy Logan Show, a variety show with songs, laughter and special guests, was a lot more successful than his previous series of nearly a decade earlier. . In the 1986, at the behest of Frank Dunlop, he took his one-man show about Sir Harry Lauder to the Edinburgh Festival, playing, not inappropriately, at the town hall in nearby Portobello, where the tang of the sea wafted in on the performance. 'Schizophrenic's' brutal slaying of Scots dog walker 'could not have been predicted'. STV used the advert for about a year, and showed it to potential advertisers as an example of the best type of advertising.[31]. He refurbished it, reopening it as the New Metropole. How dare they not share their entire lives with us like the Skyes, Tullys and Fitzys of the world. Their research sparked more than 170 separate studies . Edinburgh loved him.[12]. The Jimmy Logan Theatre Hour was subsequently born, opening with Logan sitting behind his desk welciming the TV audience on their visit to the theatre. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. [2] He had four siblings including actress/singer Annie Ross. His first acting role was in the film Floodtide (1949),[7] a drama set on Clydeside. After a prologue that features the twin fetishes of John Denver nostalgia and pickup-truck repair, the action gets set in motion when Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum), a beefy divorced dad who lives . Logan published his autobiography, It's a Funny Life, in 1998.[3]. Paper Subscription to the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, Paper Subscription to the Paisley Daily Express, 2023 Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd, Body of baby found in search for missing infant after parents arrested. A year later he was on the boards himself.[3]. James Allan Short, OBE, FRSAMD (1928-2001), known professionally as Jimmy Logan, was a Scottish comedian, actor, theatrical producer, impresario and director, who was a frequent broadcaster on both radio and television in the post-war era. The plays would be split over two different episodes, and went well, but there was a complaint from the television authorities that this kind of programme broke commercial TV rules because it generated too much free publicity for the Metropole. However planning permission was refused for this and over the years the Metropole ran at a loss. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Pam Donald, 50, wed Inverness surgeon David MacIntyre, 55, at a quiet ceremony last week at Castle Stuart, Inverness-shire. He wanted to be not just an actor, but an actor-manager, in the best old traditions of the theatre. In his later years he won praise for his portrayal of Sir Harry Lauder in his one-man show. 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